My wife and I went out for most of the day and got home in the early evening. After getting ready, it was a bit later than I had hoped so I felt a bit rushed and I made a mistake that ticked me off when I discovered it. I forgot to activate my HRM from the beginning of my workout. I caught it about 2/3 of the way through my main routine so I only got the last 3 moves of it. So, today does not have an accurate count of calories burned. This was shaping up to be a big week, too. Stupid me!!!
Anyway, looking over my notes from last week, I decided to drop my weights down by 2-2.5kgs on my biceps moves and 1.25 on my Triceps moves. Last week, I had a hard time getting to 12 reps without dying or taking breaks so I decided to drop and get to 12. Thanks to that decision, I got a huge burn today. I really felt it, and a few hours later, I am still feeling it. Especially in my biceps. I was pretty much able to make it to 12reps every time, but it was a huge struggle. The only move that I kept the previous weights on was move 8. Supine Triceps. Stayed at 10kgs. On all the biceps curl moves the first 5reps were easy, making me think that lowering my weights was a mistake, but by rep6-7 the pain hit and I was just making it up. I could not have done a 13th rep. Plus, I couldn't help gripping the dumbbells really tightly. I tried to loosen up my grip, but on the killer ending reps, it was a death grip. The Pull Ups were back, I stayed on the slow side again with only 6 reps and 3-4 for a breakdown. But on the final set, the Horn Pull Ups, I did fast and pumped out 10 initial reps, the 5 for the breakdown. My arms and back were blown and I couldn't have done slow reps. On the worksheet, I wrote down the Breakdown name since it is not the same as the original move. A few times the breakdown was just a squat, so I loaded up the weights to 22kgs x2 and pumped them out. I wish there was a little more room on the workout sheet for notes. Great workout today. I just wish I didn't make that bonehead mistake with my HRM.
I moved right into the abs routine and killed it. I really felt the burn hit and I was working on range of motion so I could activate more muscle tissue.
The Splits and Flow were good, as usual. Still working on getting off the most recent plateau, so I hope I get over it quickly. I added a quad stretch to help loosen my hip flexors more.
Before I started my regular workout, I recorded Day 22 of the 22 Push Up Challenge. The topper was Tony's Super Plyo Push Ups. I was getting some good air at the beginning, but if you see the video, I lose air by rep 12-13. Then it just gets lower from there. I'm barely off the ground by rep 22. But I was glad to get through it. I'll miss this challenge. I hope I get to do another one like it sometime soon.
In the end, I torched a modest 600+kcals as recorded by my HRM, but I'm sure the total would have been over 1000kcals. Got to keep my head in the game!
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